When
you enroll your student in school they are automatically issued a Food
Services meal account. They are assigned a 4 digit pin number which they
will type into a key pad if they choose to buy a meal or a drink.

For efficiency and to reduce the possibility of lost and stolen money, we encourage parents to utilize the online payment option. Payments made online are immediately posted to students account.

Online with a Debit or Credit Card: This option is available through the Skyward/ Family Access Portal of the school districts website and clicking the link to Food Service and then the link that states "pay with outside vendor". This will take you to a company called Revtrak. There is no fee for this service. You may make payments to all of your students in one transaction.

Cash or Checks: Please
send either cash or a check with the student’s full name written in the
memo section to school with them. They may either take it to the office
(where it will be put into the FNS mailbox) or drop it off in the kitchen
at the beginning of the day with a FNS staff member. Payment may be for one
day, one week, or several weeks at a time. The entire amount of the
check must be deposited into the student’s account (no change back can
be given).

That
really depends. A minimum of change is kept at each school. They can
only make change for small dollar amounts. If the student needs to be
given change he/she needs to tell the cashier before handing them the
money. The majority of all cash transactions are deposits, and the
cashiers rarely give change unless it is asked for.

If there is not enough money in the student’s account to cover the cost of a lunch, credit will be extended to that student in order to receive a reimbursable meal. Credit will not be extended to cover the cost for: ala carte items such as juice or milk, single entrees, second meals or breakfast. If a student comes to school hungry and without funds to pay for a breakfast, they will be offered fresh fruit and encouraged to come back at lunch time for a full meal. Students receiving free or reduced-price meal benefits may only receive one breakfast and one lunch meal each day. A second meal will be charged to all students at the full of cost of the meal, currently $4.00, and there must be adequate funds on the student’s account to cover the cost of the second meal or ala carte item.

Parents are encouraged to regularly monitor their student’s meal activity in order to avoid accumulating excessive charges. Parents may contact the Food Service office at any time if they wish to block their student’s account in order to prevent the charging of ala carte or single entrees.
Please click here for the full procedure: Meal Charging Procedure

6.My Student has a Special Dietary Need. How can Food Service help us?

Substitution and/or accommodations can be made for students with Special Dietary Needs. A "Request for Special Dietary Accommodations" form or medical statement must be
submitted to the Food Service office to allow the substitution and/or accommodation. It must
include: ­
Food(s) to be omitted/avoided from the child's diet
How the ingestion of the food impacts the child
Food(s) to be substituted

The "Request for Special Dietary Accommodations" form or medical statement must be
signed by your physician or recognized medical authority. No
substitutions can be made to our menus without either the"Request for Special Dietary Accommodations" form or medical statement on file. No substitutions are
allowed for personal diet preferences, those students may take
advantage of the other offerings that day and make their own
substitutions.

If you wish to have a substitution and/or an accommodation, please contact the Food Service office so that we can arrange a meeting with you to go over the needs of your student. Special Dietary Needs will be approved on a case by case basis.

You
may contact either the Food Service staff at your school or the Food
Service Office. We would be happy to print off a report and either mail,
e-mail, or send it home with your child.

You
may also check all of their account activity online through the Skyward/Family Access Portal of the school districts website. Just click the Food
Service tab on the left side of the screen. From there you may print a
Customer Meal Statement if you wish.

The North Kitsap School District participates in the National School Breakfast & Lunch Program.

You may apply for Free / Reduced meals at any time during the school year.

Applications
are available online, in your school office, the Food Service office,
and in your schools FNS kitchen. Most students will also have an
application sent home with them the first week of school. The new applications for the 2018-2019 school year will be available in mid-August.

~Fill out the application as completely as possible (one application per household) including:

All students' full names w/schools they attend and their personal income

Names of all members of the household with their incomes

Case number for Basic Food,TANF, FDPIR for either the student or a family member

Signature of an adult household member

Social Security Number of signer (last 4 only)

~If your student receives Basic Food or TANF you must include the case number on the application (no SSN# is needed).

Have
your student drop it off in your school kitchen with the Food Service
staff. We have 10 business days to process the application (it usually
takes 24-48 hours).

You are responsible for all charges until your application is approved.

An
email or mailed letter will notify you of the application results. If you don't hear from us, please call the
Food Service Office at (360)396-3279.

Once you
have been approved, in order to receive the free/reduced rate, your
student must choose a complete meal. That means 3 out of the 4 four food
items, in the appropriate amounts at breakfast and 3 out of the 5
food components in the appropriate amounts at lunch. They are also required to take at least 1/2 cup of fruit and/or vegetables in order for it to be considered a complete meal.

Anything else will be considered Ala Carte and your student will be charged accordingly.

A
new application must be submitted each school year (It cannot be
submitted on last years form). Your child’s status from the prior year
will roll over to the next school year for the first 30 school days or
until we receive a new application and their eligibility has been updated. After the 30 days a new application
must be on file. All charges accrued between when the old one expires
and the new one is approved are the parent and/or guardians
responsibility to pay back.

A
“lunch” is 3 out of the 5 food components in the appropriate amounts
(grains, milk, fruit, vegetables, meat/meat alternative). Most entrees
account for 2 food components. Students are required to choose 1/2 cup
of a fruit and/or vegetables. Everything else is considered ala carte and
will be priced accordingly.

Elementary
students may buy with their meal accounts; breakfast, lunch, milk and
juice. If they wish to buy an extra entrée with their meal (Super
Breakfast / Super Lunch), using their meal account, you must send us a
note letting the cashier know they have your permission. A wanding
message will be added to their account for the cashier to see when the
student enters their pin number. The note will be kept on file in the
Food Service Office.

Secondary students may use
their meal account to buy any food/snack items available to them. If you
do not wish for them to use their meal account in this manner please
contact the Food Service Office and a wanding message will be added to their account for the cashiers to see when your student enters their pin number. Please go
to the Secondary Menu link for pricing on Ala Carte items.

Great
question! Yes, North Kitsap School menus offer the recommended daily
allowance of nutrients by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Child
Nutrition Guidelines. Breakfast contributes ¼ of the USDA’s daily
nutrient requirements and Lunch contributes 1/3. In addition, NK School
menus are analyzed by computer software to ensure that certain nutrient
levels are met

Yes,
sack lunches are available to all students for when they go on field
trips. “Sack Lunch Forms” are available online, in your school office
and in the FNS kitchen at your school. ­ Forms should be sent home to
parents along with the field trip permission form. ­ They must be filled
out, signed and returned to the FNS kitchen at your school 5 school
lunch days before the field trip. ­ Students may use their lunch credits
(free, reduced price or paid) or send cash for the sack lunch